Following the super helpful constructive criticism received from my tutor Karen and peers, I have pivoted away from my original research idea towards something that is on one hand more meaningful and in line with my practice and on the other hand something I have witnessed within my own course.
My raison d’etre as to why I have pivoted into higher education and what I see my superpower being is being able to create community and a positive learning environment. Having myself grown up around the world in 6 different countries, I can empathise with international students having to adapt to a new country, culture, and language – making it extremely challenging to progress academically. When I joined LCF as a Course Leader, my priority to create a community among one of LCF’s largest PG courses. This has been a constant learning journey for me and my team however the basis of a positive student experience and reaching higher attainment is in looking at one’s learning environment.
Hence, I am zooming into this vast topic, building upon learnings from PgCert and contributing to the research area of “belonging”.
My question asks: What learning and teaching activit(ies) can help create a culture of belonging within the Postgraduate Higher Education Student Experience?
Whilst the outcome of this ARP is developing 1 workshop activity which can be the basis of a seminar, my primary research of 1 survey and 1 focus group will also help serve future practice such as contributing to my role on the Teaching Pathway.
I attached a revised Ethical Action Plan and look forward to discussing it during our second Tutorial next week. In the meantime, I will conduct my reading around the subject area and create a Gannt chart.